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Submission + - OMG rsilvergun was right! (phys.org)

Dustin Destree writes: Microplastics and nanoplastics in urban air originate mainly from tire abrasion, research reveals. Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from Germany for the first time: Around 4% of the particulate matter consists of plastic. Around two-thirds of this comes from tire abrasion. OMG rsilvergun was right! Sigh.

Submission + - Defense Department to stop sharing satellite weather data. (npr.org)

Dustin Destree writes: Maybe it's conspiracy theory, maybe it's connected, but I remember something about AccuWeather wanting this to happen so only they could get the data, and then sell it to others. No more hurricane data, and it'll be so much easier to deny climate change when you can no longer see the sea ice retreating, or can't afford (if they sell it) access to the data proving so!

Comment I'm starting to get a bad feeling about China's re (Score 2, Interesting) 27

Such as destabilizing the world. Cutting off anyone adversarial, and now it seems poisoning the world's children (just not it's own) with hatred and violence, possibly so when they make their moves, it'll be easier to "cull the herd" as it were. Ok tinfoil hat off, but seriously, is it that far out there? Everybody wants to rule the world they say, and it's looking like China has a real long game already producing results I'm sure are even better than they ever expected.

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